The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-10

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ing favorably impressed, and on Saturday
the incorporation Of the above described
company was learned by'the 1NrELLloES.
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sOMELOCAL INDUSTRIES.
Facts OF Interest about them from tho Tsbn
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The following interesting matter is from
the latest Issue OF the Ct. Louis Age Of Steel,
and from tho active pen OF Mr.. P. II.
Moore, OF this city C'Co!d Short" :. =
Manufactured iron has received another
slightimpatus, which, however, still leaves
I! outside Of Just roia!iona with tho ad-
vance made in raw materials. The orc
men receive oil tho credit for the stiTeniny
the market has received, and the relations
between them and finished iron producers
are not OF the most cordial nature. 1t is
very certain thGt the large ideas OF the ore
men have Stimulated importation OF Ali.
can ORC by the Wheeling iron masters.
During 1850 about one.tonth OF the ore
used in thi1 country WAS imported, and the
assertion might be made with fair infer
ence that for 1887 ous.tiith OF the ore con.
numed will be imported At present
prices iiaiehed iron producera are working
at too decided disadyan.ags-their mar
gins arc too infuitesimal; while tho ore
men are getting plethoric with diversified
profits. 81 s-.I...sl l5-5. 49,
Demand, always inconsiderate in its re.
qu'romenta, invariably stimulated over.
production. This is being illustrated in
the muck bar movement. This very nee.
essary material came into urgent domand
from the exigencies Of ths pipa makers,
structural iron fshricators and railway
supply producers. Tho advance In price
has been il!iytimsto ami it will not last.
All the mills that had abandoned their
boiling furnaces, some in feet torn their
equipments down, are re6ttiug and re.
building. There will presently be a gIut
in the market and the cobTsh props will
fall from under. Wheeling, always on the
alert to come to the cid OF foredocmed
dynasty, is preparing to overs.ock this
muck bar market, and unless trade
movements entirely depart from their
usual course there will be some inter
changes Of coincidence bsfots many moona
change. The iron industry does not breed
many Issues that cannot hs ridden to
death. 5e}gl9G.f
Steel nails have kept the noisy tenor OF
their wGy and are growing in popularity.
The steel wire nail had an evanesoen!
prominence; it soon lost hold, however,
and seems to have dropped ont OF notice.
The production OF steel nails will be de-
cidedly restrained during 81, reasoning
from indications and the sentiments OF
producers. This branch | trade is being
managed latserly with asagscity that must
surprise its most intimate followers
Prices are being maintained GLOBE to the
late advance by an effort the moro praise
worthy because it is 3 decided departure
from the old methods. .tEa eEFi
Nail factories withoutsteel plant aune1es
are very much in the situation tot the
under dog in the fight, and n month of
Sundays will be sddcd 10 the past before
they see daylight. The measure OF relief
obtainable by the purchase OF inferior for
eign steel slabs gives but sorry promise
for the future. Better for them to WOO
the discarded love. iron nails, and gathe.
what crumbs they can IRON the Toast. i,
The Belmont Company have been using
manufactured gas fuel Tor the past oiYh-
teen months, ard with the MD furnished
by NJ. v. Smiths 1egsnerative furnaces,
General Manager Nick Reister says tho
change from the coal to gas iuel brought
indispensable gladneas tohis soul. Natur-
al gas has just been introduced in the Bel
mont, the equipment comprising eight
steam boilers, ,hrse henling furnaces, two
bluing furnaces and four tending furnaces,
and the renewed improvement is 80 de-
cided that Manager Rsster's measure OF
happiness is full, and Nicholas is not east
ly betrayed into extra hearty acknowledge
ments-there must be winning chance
or he won't bet. The steel, Boss Roller
John Campbell says, comes from the
furnaces to the rolls, clean, uniform and
free from scale and it works through the
rolls softly, easily and trim. The heat in
the other departments is uniform and
seems to exert beneficial effect on the
plate and nails. The Belmont manage.
ment and department bosses would be
very 10th to return to the old seryitors,
made gas or goal. Manage. 4sister claims
that the gain in cleanliness. freedom from
coal deh;is, dust, grims and smoke is, 30
far as comfort is concerned, inca!culable.
Comfort may not bs an essential TO- arat.
class management and workmanship, but
it is potent perausder. }IrSh p i5 A; X,
Some few weeks ago [ wrote something
aaent some experiments made by the
Riverside Company with steel akelp for
pipe; it il surmlaed that new enterprise
mas originated from this germ. .i}'
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